Receptacle for polishes.



4 P. A. ELLIS. REGEPTAGLE FOR POLISHES.

APPLICATION FILED FEBJ, 1909.

968,752. Patented Aug. 30, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK ARTHUR ELLIS, 0F KENNINGTON, ENGLAND, ASSIGNOR TO THE DISC BOOT POLISH COMPANY LIMITED, OF KENNINGTON, ENGLAND.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK ARTHUR ELLIs, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 55 Doddington Grove, Kenning-ton, in the county of Surrey, England, have invented new and useful Improvement-s in and Relating to Receptacles for Polishes, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to improvements in and relating to the tin or other boxes or receptacles such as are commonly used for packing plastic materials, such for example as boot polishes, furniture pastes, ointments, and the like.

It is well known that much waste is frequently caused by the uneven and unnecessarily violent application of brushes, sponges, or the like to the surface of such materials when they are being used, and in order to avoid such waste it has been proposed to cover the plastic material with a flat sheet of perforated metal, wire gauze or the like which however is liable to tilt, slide, and become otherwise misplaced.

According to my present invention I employ a perforated or woven disk or plate of metal or other suitable material of about the same size and shape as the internal contour of the box, its outer edge being slightly turned over or flanged so that it may be embedded into the plastic material. The bottom of the box is suitably recessed to receive the turned over or flanged outer edge of the disk or plate when the contents of the box are nearly exhausted.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 represents in "verticalsection a box or receptacle according to my present invention,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 1, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910. Serial No. 475,423.

and Fig. 2 is a plan view of Fig. l with the lid or cover of the box removed.

In the drawing a is the box, I) is the lid or cover, and c is the perforated or woven disk or plate resting upon the blacking paste or other material which occupies the spaced, but with its outer edge e slightly embedded therein. The bottom of the box a; is furnished with an annular recess f into which the turned down edge e enters and allows the disk or plate 0 to rest upon the bottom of the box a and thereby enable the whole of the contents to be extruded through the perforations or meshes of the disk 0. The removal of the disk 0 may be prevented by the indents g, or by the inturned upper edge h of the box.

It will be understood that the embedding of the outer edge e of the disk or plate 0 into the plastic material effectually prevents any tilting, sliding, or other misplacement of the said disk or plate, which will be held in place upon the surface of the plastic material.

Claim.

A paste receptacle having a recess located between the bottom and the side walls thereof, and a perforated plate having its edge turned downwardly and adapted to enter the paste, said turned down edge entering the recess in the bottom when the receptacle is almost empty.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK ARTHUR ELLIS. l/Vitnesses:

STEPHEN EDWARD GUNYoN,

WHLIAM ANDERSON S ITH. 

